Certainly no gate on the gearstick end - just some rather feeble 'centering' springy thingies. And from the feel of it, no gate in the box either... though it claimed to be 1989, Ford boxes are so interchangeable it could have been anything.
Anyway, it was *horrible* and I'm well rid of it! Neil On Jul 20, 8:46 am, "Jim Hearne" <[email protected]> wrote: > That sounds like you had a mismatch between the gear linkage and the > gearbox. > Pre 1986 Mk2 Fiestas (and similar age Mk3/4 Escorts) had the gate for where > you can move the gearlever (and hence the selectors in the gearbox) in the > actual gearlever assembly. > After 1986 the gate is in the gearbox. > > If you get both a gearlever and gearbox with gates in it's nigh on > impossible to get them matched up. > If you get both a gearlever and gearbox without gates then you get no > postive location between the gears and can move the selectors into all sorts > of incorrect positions. > > Neither works very well at all. > > Jim > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "barnacle" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:38 AM > To: "Quantum Owners Group" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: Gearbox linkage mod > > > I used the rubber cotton reels - might still have some in the garage - > > but found that the change, while it improved the gear change, didn't > > do enough to keep me happy. It was certainly an improvement, but my > > gearbox was so vague it was kind of pointless; the need to use two > > hands to get the box out of 5th, and a complete inability to self- > > centre on 3rd/4th plane in spite of much fettling of the gearstick > > bits and bobs did not endear it to me. > > > That, combined with a dodgy clutch and accelerator pedal action, was > > the major driver in causing me to stuff the Fiat engine/box in. > > > Neil > > > On Jul 19, 9:12 pm, "Chris Fairlie" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Tony > > >> Yes I replaced the nylon bushes in the linkage at the gear box end as > >> described in Zetecinside. It works a treat. I decided to use Stainless > >> Bolts > >> with the unthreaded shoulder the right length to fit between the > >> bearings. > > >> I left the Gearstick end unmodified and didn't need the rubber cotton > >> reels. > > >> Regards > > >> Chris > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] > > >> On Behalf Of TonyV > >> Sent: 19 July 2011 19:01 > >> To: Quantum Owners Group > >> Subject: [Quantum Owners] Gearbox linkage mod > > >> Has anybody carried out the modification mentioned on one of the Fiesta > >> tuning websites (zetecinside?) > > >> I was tempted to bin the joint and use a group4 escort steering joint > >> that I > >> happened to have lying around, but the Fiesta mod looked more > >> straightforward. > > >> The latter part of the mod involves using rubber bobbin mounts under the > >> gear lever to reduce the noise transmitted through the new linkage mech. > > >> Is this necessary, or is it just due to the quickshift which he also > >> fitted? > > >> PS. 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